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Desvigne & Dalnoky : the return of the landscape

Contributor(s): Desvigne & Dalnoky | Whitney Library of Design (New York, N.Y.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Whitney Library of Design, 1997Description: 95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0823013480; 9780823013487.Uniform titles: Desvigne & Dalnoky. English. Subject(s): Desvigne & Dalnoky | Landscape architecture -- FranceDDC classification: 712.0922 Summary: This volume describes how imaginative landscape architecture can humanize open spaces surrounding colossal public works such as airport approaches, land tracts alongside motorways and city squares.

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An ambitious new vision for landscape architecture from this eminent French design team is discussed for the first time in English.

As North American architects and planners begin to grapple with the wastelands resulting from unchecked urban sprawl, this book shows that imaginative landscape architecture can humanize open spaces surrounding colossal public works. Projects profiled include city squares, airport approaches, housing courtyards, and vast land tracts along highways.

This volume describes how imaginative landscape architecture can humanize open spaces surrounding colossal public works such as airport approaches, land tracts alongside motorways and city squares.

UCC fund.